lance rest

noun

a support for a couched lance, fixed to the breastplate of a suit of armor.

Origin of lance rest

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby lance rest

lancaster sound, lancastrian, lance, lance corporal, lance of courtesy, lance rest, lance sergeant, lancefield classification, lancejack, lancelet, lancelot

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British Dictionary definitions for lance rest

lance rest

noun

a hinged bracket on the breastplate of a medieval horseman on which the lance was rested in a charge
a similar structure on a knight's saddle